Howard's End

 

Man of means

Hard working

fast talking symbol 

of the American dream

Makes mega money

which sure attracts the honeys

Life on the road

You know how it goes

The wife knows

She looks the other way

Vows someday he will pay

but not today

She'll outspend

the pain

of his betrayal

Fast forward

to the lonely

old man today

First his wife

Then his 

steady mistress

All passed away

Depressed senior 

alone in the mansion

with his many possessions

mocking his loneliness

A friend takes the old boy

to a gentleman's club

to drool over the

main gyrating attraction 

In true romantic

love story fashion

our aroused relic finds

his final passion

Showers her 

with materialism

Overwhelming desires

Shop and awe

Affections purchased

for this transactional relationship

where both parties

get what they want and need

The Hell with the sniping judgements

riding smartass May/December wisecracks

from those who won't mind their own business

Wedding bells ring out in defiance

For the old man

and his trophy

named Anna

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